Former Presidential Advisor and ex-National Security Advisor, Sagala Ratnayaka, has urged the government to re-appoint a National Security Advisor (NSA) in light of potential threats posed by terrorist groups. Speaking to the
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The 2024 China-Europe Seminar on Human Rights kicks off in the Berlin Marriott Hotel on Tuesday. The topic of the meeting, where views from China and Europe were shared, focused on the
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), together with the Ministries of Environment of India and Sri Lanka, today launched its Adaptation for Resilience (ADAPT4R) project. The five-year initiative aims to enhance
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Editorial Today’s urgent warning from the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka about a potential attack on popular tourist locations, particularly Arugam Bay, serves as a wake-up call. Credible intelligence has led to
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The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka has issued a critical warning based on credible intelligence indicating a possible attack targeting popular tourist locations in the Arugam Bay area. In response to this
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The urgent need for a comprehensive examination of daunting political-economic-security-social challenges cannot be overestimated. Bankrupt Sri Lanka is at a crossroads as the Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) seeks to consolidate its position
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All eyes should be on the salsa dancing capital of the world, Cali, Colombia, where representatives of 190 nations are joined by a broad swath of global civil society and international Indigenous
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Azad Kashmir Founding Day (یومِ تاسیس آزاد کشمیر) is celebrated in Azad Kashmir on 24 October each year. It commemorates the date of the establishment of the state in 1947.Since the Kashmiri
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The free-roaming range of a child has been reduced dramatically in only a few generations. About three generations ago, most children were free to travel the full range of their town, but
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The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce announces that its flagship event, the Sri Lanka Economic Summit, originally scheduled for November 2024, has been rescheduled to January 28 and 29, 2025, in light of
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The release of a controversial probe report regarding the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks has ignited a public dispute between the Sri Lankan government and the Catholic Church, with both sides presenting conflicting
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